tomodachi life plans

Feb. 3rd, 2026 12:27 pm
asuraid: A drawing of Sylvie, an original Genshin character, with a thinking expression. (thinking)
[personal profile] asuraid

more for my own brain sake to know wtf i’m doing

  • turn one of the relationships that isn’t my ocs/parents (no idk why i made them years ago) into kavetham
  • start migrating some old ocs from ppl i don’t talk to into fictional faves that i don’t mind in ships (elsa x jack energy)
  • find out how to take screenshots to send to PC
  • try to swap out some of the room themes cause why the hell did i give them to ppl…

🏮

Feb. 3rd, 2026 12:12 pm
asuraid: Sylvie, an original character, kissing Zhongli of Genshin Impact on the cheek as he's grinning. Visible age lines are under his eyes. (zhongvie)
[personal profile] asuraid
sprawls on floor. lantern rite babbling and crossposted from my tumblr

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Drabbles (&More) for a Good Cause

Feb. 3rd, 2026 08:02 am
kalloway: A blond knight from the mobile video game Lord of Heroes (Lord of Heroes Johan)
[personal profile] kalloway
Fuckit, I'm going to do this-

Listen, the world sucks right now. It sucks a lot! But there's also a lot of good and people doing good. If you are out there doing good, I would like to do something for you. It's apparently been like six years since I've managed to put one of these together but here we go:

If you have made a financial contribution to a good cause* between the beginning of 2026 and now, the moment you are reading this, or any point during 2026 thereafter**, I'd like to do something for you.

However, I am fully aware that not everyone can do financial contributions. So if you have volunteered, signed petitions, contacted your representatives***, protested, trained, networked, etc., I would also like to do something for you.

Details Under This Cut )

Comments are screened, PMs open, thank you for being awesome.

*seriously, I'll leave 'good cause' up to you and that can include community arts programs, museums, little pantries, conservation, etc.
**unless I get absolutely buried which would be great but also would make me need to pause things til I caught up a bit
***not just US reps
****we'll sort by category if you claim this, lol, and if I'm working on a project for an event, 'next' means once my desk is available
*****likely either illustrated with terrible doodles or public domain art

I Want to Try It Too

Feb. 2nd, 2026 11:27 pm
elyusion: (purr)
[personal profile] elyusion
The "3 Things Make a Post" thing. For posting. Yea. <3

I feel bad making posts when I haven't checked my reading page nor cleared my inbox, but I have a policy of not reading my reading page until I'm done with everything else I need to do on here. Which is just writing that last Snowflake Challenge post...

1. Yesterday I found this post by the studio that handles the Luoxiaohei series. So much cute art!! Found the account for Luoxiaohei itself too and even more art. But there's probably so much more hiding from me that I can't see because I don't have a Weibo account :( I don't really want to make one because it requires giving out your phone number and I hate doing that, but maybe it's a small price to pay for Hei? It's so tempting now.

💡 Wait.

Holy shittttttttttttttt.

Well, that pretty much takes care of that for now xD There's definitely more on the Weibo, but this will do for now. After I write this I'm changing my phone wallpapers. (End of an era... Goodbye Felix.)
kamisama kiss + stuff ive been working on )

butter chicken save me

Feb. 2nd, 2026 09:08 pm
brutalbunny: yellow cartoon bunny going ":D" in front of a lesbian flag (Default)
[personal profile] brutalbunny
today started off bad and ended up...!? fine?! it often turns out like that, i think
the zipper to my hoodie broke off (it was giving me grief already, so it's expected, but ARGH)
(also i can probably replace it but ARGH)
(it just occured to me that hand-sewing a zipper would be a massive pain in the ass and i don't know how to use a sewing machine, ARGH)
and, also, i have this little bear-shaped tape measure that i kept on my carabiner, and it just like,
exploded
?!

ALSO, banking issues. i think i messed up my direct deposit info, so i got a paper check again.
and my bank does mobile deposits for checks, but will hold it up to 10 business days because "mobile check deposits have a high rate of fraud"...
so i need to go in person, BUT THE BANKS CLOSE AT 5, OBVIOUSLY, or go to an atm, which i'm not entirely convinced it'll be quicker but
ARGH
MY MONEY 
😭

...
it is a sizeable paycheck though.
LOL
once i get my direct deposit fixed i don't think i'll be complaining. this rules
work was fine, and i felt better once i got some quiet zoning out time.
when the weather warms up and i can go back to riding the bus, not having to rush around all the time...
im sure i'll have something else to complain about. LMAO

i started sculpting something a day or two ago! it's a gligar!!
right now it's only a head.......... but it's so cute i love gligar it's so cute gligar is my favorite ever wiwi.
i also got a container to hold my excess beads in. and some cute stickers to decorate that container. :3
and i'm waiting for another order of beads.. bc... i ran out of a color immediately, again. 😭

us politics )
what a Day. i am so tired. goodnight foreva

snowflake challenge 2026 #15

Feb. 2nd, 2026 08:57 pm
brutalbunny: yellow cartoon bunny going ":D" in front of a lesbian flag (Default)
[personal profile] brutalbunny
two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text


Challenge #15

How Did the Fandom Snowflake Challenge Go?

💃💃

good!!! it's! my first snowflake challenge! 👯
and, why i started using dreamwidth! well, kind of. my friend was doing snowflake and i was like,
waittt, that looks kind of fun, so i decided i'd check it out! i thought it'd be a good way to get used to posting!
^_^

i did skip a few challenges but it's like fineeee. i really appreciate the sort of freeform lackadaisical approach to things. i cannot force myself to do anything, at all, so if a challenge didn't appeal to me, it was nice to go "well i don't have to do it!" or drag my feet if i was too tired to think of something lol
as opposed to just... having to bullshit it, or drop out alltogether, you know...
also, i could have done better on commenting on others' posts, but ahh it's haaard. thinking of words is hard enough when i'm writing my own posts LOL
i found myself wishing i had a like button just to show that i appreciated someone's words but didn't have much to share...
but what a fun introduction to the community it was, you know?! i love to lurk and i read so many interesting thoughts!!
and i got to meet some cool new people, too, so that's a success to me!!! :D

since it's my first snowflake i feel like anything is good, you know?!
like maybe next year i'll engage a little more,
but i'm more focused on making sure i'll be here next year! (like here on dw, that is.)
this is just the beginning..... daily/regular posting is easy when there's a challenge to look forward to.
...
.....

maybe i'll try and find another challenge to follow. :p
thank you for hosting snowflake yayyy ^_^
and if you're here from snowflake then hi!! i hope we enjoy each other's company!! :D

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Feb. 2nd, 2026 08:36 pm
kradeelav: Zihark, FE10 (friendly)
[personal profile] kradeelav
three shows i did the main logos for a few years ago are coming out on netflix \o/

don't actually care about netflix itself but getting to that level of visibility is a long way from where $org was. wild to be there to see it happen all the way.

also i had the most absurdly kind thing happen today where an unnamed euro sales agent (i work with sales a lot and get along with them fabulously) literally sent me a video recording of him saying how grateful he was that he never has to chase me down / that i treat his team well, via my boss. (an extra kind gesture, since now my boss knows too).

T_T  i always do try to go above and beyond for the international folks considering they get done dirty a lot but damn. kind of thing that genuinely warms my jaded heart...
autumninpluto: Yor looking embarrassed ([sxf] embarrassed yor)
[personal profile] autumninpluto

Totally fell off the Snowflake Challenge halfway through, but I'll be trying to participate in this month's 'Stuff I Love' challenge by [personal profile] dreamersdare :)

This week's theme/prompt is standalone media. I tried to think about it for a bit, but I realized that a lot of the things I like are inevitably sequels, or were created for the intention of turning into a sequel. Honestly, the definition of 'standalone' is a bit confusing to me. Is something that's adapted from a different medium a standalone, even if it has no sequel? Or does that not count?

Here, you'll find 8 movies, and 2 animes. In some cases, I have stretched the definition of 'standalone' to something that's more convenient for me. The challenge said this isn't meant to be a rec list, but rather for me to squee. I tried my best, but the idea of this being seen by others + the fact that I don't have the proper vocabulary to actually express what I specifically liked in something means that this will still subconsciously pan out like a rec list.

Without further ado, in no particular order:


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asuraid: Yippee creature Sylvie dancing. (yippe)
[personal profile] asuraid
old indeed cause i think the last time i genuinely played was like 2015-2016 ... i have my parents there, my irl friends, a shitload of OCs, mako and haru from free! for some reason, and ... i decided to add sylvie, zhongli, and two of my newer ocs to celebrate getting back into it LMFAO

i also found out there's a puzzle and dragons spinoff for the 3ds and that's sick as hell. ive been playing the mobile game on and off for years now so it's nice to have a game for it that isn't 'pray to god you don't get shit pulls and need to have premium currency to rerun a dungeon where the boss insta-nukes you because you don't have a good enough team'

Sleepover Crushes

Feb. 2nd, 2026 03:15 pm
ravensilversea: Katekyou Hitman Reborn Sasagawa Kyoko hugging Chrome Dokuro from behind. Chrome is blushing and a small pink heart hovers between them (9596)
[personal profile] ravensilversea
Fandom: Katekyou Hitman Reborn

Relationship: Chrome Dokuro/Sasagawa Kyoko

Rating: G

Tags: Slice of Life, Pre-Relationship, Crushes, Sleepovers, Sleep Intimacy, Non-Sexual Intimacy

Originally Posted: July 1, 2022

KHRrarepairweek 2022 Cloud Day: Sleep Intimacy | Painter/Model AU

Summary: Is it gay to share a couch with your maybe-crush during a sleepover with your friends?

Ao3


The living room seems so much darker and so much quieter after the TV is shut off. Shadows of furniture and open doorways seem to hide dark figures leftover from the horror movie marathon they had been having until- Kyoko cranes her head to see the green numbers of the oven clock in the kitchen- a little after two in the morning. She settles back against the pillow, closes her eyes, and breathes out slowly, and Hana snores a bit louder on the other couch.

It takes a moment for Kyoko’s heart to stop pounding from the sudden noise. The fear slowly fades away from where it was lurking in the back of her mind like a leopard in a tree. She shifts into a more comfortable position on the couch and stretches out her legs, knees aching from being in a cramped position for too long.
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pretendo friend code

Feb. 2nd, 2026 02:50 pm
asuraid: A drawing of Sylvie, an original Genshin character, with the asexual flag as a border around the icon. (Default)
[personal profile] asuraid
what a niche ass post but i finished setting up pretendo for my jailbroken 3ds and wanna find ppl to friend!!!

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vriddy: Kagari and Fujimaru from the volume 2 cover, both looking at the viewer (kagari-jin)
[personal profile] vriddy
K-9 author posted super cute chibi art of Kagari earlier this year, which led to conversations about what his hair colour even is anyway. This is my answer!!


Suits like a charm | K-9 | Fujimaru/Kagari | <500 words | rated G

Summary: Fujimaru dyes Kagari's hair for him.

Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.
overmore: (Hangover)
[personal profile] overmore
Right now I'm kinda going back and forth on whether I should have a seperate community for tcg, as I'm kind of thinking of joining more of them. Having it flood my main account does not go in my favour since it's fandom oriented, but making another acc just for that is a hassle with logging in and out. The best case scenario would be this.

This also makes me think of having all the tcgs hosted somewhere else other than my site, and by that I mean a site only for tcgs. I cannot get a domain on my own like a lot of people in the space can do, so free option seems to be the best for me. Since having to log in and out of neocities is a hassle and for personal reasons i will not use nekoweb, I'm not sure what my other options are. There seem to be free hosting for a lot of tcgs but I just can't seem to find a way to get to them since a lot require an invite of some sort. Oh well. I guess I'll have to keep searching for more until I find something.

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Feb. 2nd, 2026 09:09 pm
swingandswirl: photo of three rabbits, with 'oh no! plot bunnies!' in black ransom note text on top left (plot bunnies)
[personal profile] swingandswirl
Snowflake Challenge: A flatlay of a snowflake shaped shortbread cake, a mug with coffee, and a string of holiday lights on top of a rustic napkin.


Challenge #8

Talk about your creative process.

You know, I don't think I've ever sat down and thought through my creative process before. This should be fun.

My solo-written fic, as opposed to my cowrites (/waves to [personal profile] rhi , [personal profile] ilyena_sylph , [personal profile] t_vo0810 and others/) is one of two kinds, usually: either it's written for an exchange fic, or a bunny ups and grabs me. 

When I sign up for exchanges, I try and craft my sign-up to get specific recipients, although I try and make sure that I can write for all potential recipicients. (I've only hit 'oh God no DEFAULT' levels of DNW a couple of times, which considering my Cursed Exchange Luck, I'm pretty proud of.) Once I get my assignment, I sit with the prompt that calls to me the most, and see what kind of story I can create that fits both the wordcount requirement and what the recip wants. Depending on how much plot there is, I throw myself on rhi's mercy for help, lol. 

Once I've figured out what the story is, then I write it. Very rarely, I finish my first draft before deadline; usually I'm butting right up to it. (Being several hours ahead is a wonderful thing, sometimes. It feels like a sneaky little extension, lol.) I use the period between submission deadline and reveals to edit and polish my fic, although (thankfully) I write very clean drafts so there's rarely all that much editing, SPAG aside, to do. Sometimes my brain is a hunk of mouldy cheese and poor [personal profile] rhi has to talk me down and remind me that I am a good writer and my fic will look better once I have had a snack and a nap. 

When it comes to non-exchange fic, it usually starts with a bunny nibbling on me. Once the nibbling becomes too hard to ignore, I sit down and write - sometimes just scenes, sometimes snippets, sometimes whole-ass fic. Then I let the for-publishing stuff sit for a few days before going back over it, then getting it beta'd.

Regardless of whether it's exchange fic or for my own satisfaction, there's one step of the process I find utterly loathsome: titles. There's a reason most of my fics have either lyrics or quotes for titles - titling is the worst, even harder than summaries. I am in awe of people who find it easy. But works need titles, alas, and so far I've somehow managed, lol. 

And that's my creative process! Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. 

 

Warm??

Feb. 2nd, 2026 09:58 am
yarnandglue: (villager)
[personal profile] yarnandglue
You may be aware of Punxsutawney Phil, but did you know Illinois has Woodstock Willie? Groundhog Day was filmed in Woodstock, Illinois so they've got their own festival. I haven't been to the festival but I've been to Woodstock a few times and there murals and statues dedicated to the movie around the downtown. Woodstock Willie says spring is coming, so I'm going with his prediction.

Even though the windchill yesterday and today is below freezing it's above 0 so it feels honestly balmy! Yesterday we did a grocery run and we had to leave our coats in the car. We made supplies to make chicken gnocchi soup, which is one of my favorites. We couldn't find mini gnocchis so my husband just cut the regular sized ones in half before adding them to the pot. I was worried it would damage their structural integrity but they held up just fine.

I haven't reported much on my hobbies lately. I've been mostly doing some little fussy maintenance things. For example, I have some books with extra-sticky stickers on them that needed removing so I spent some time last week carefully removing what I could. Acetone is my preferred method for shiny/laminated covers. I generally leave those stickers on papery covers. I hear a blow dryer is good way to ease those off but I don't own a blow dryer so I haven't tried it yet :P

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Feb. 2nd, 2026 11:27 am
galadhir: a green welly and a watering can amid flowers (gardening)
[personal profile] galadhir

Plateaued on the diet, mainly because I gave blood on Thursday and just ate everything in the house that evening because I felt wobbly and in need of food. I imagine that not being able to go out cycling because of rain/because I was banned from heavy exercise by the blood transfusion service also contributed.

Cycling is not looking good this week either as it continues to rain. I'll have to do the exercises attached to the diet instead, and at least I can pick the weightlifting back up, although it doesn't help that I am going to give evidence in my son's autism assessment on Wednesday - which is normally a weightlifting day. I guess that means this week weightlifting is Tuesday and Friday instead.

Life gets in the way of all our goals, and this is normal. Just have to do my best and hope it is better than nothing.

I have at least replanted the baby apricot tree out of the pot it was in and into the raised bed where it will have a chance to stretch its roots and grow a bit better.

Now to go and get the shopping for the week, come back and clean the kitchen, make lunch (and dinner?), then hopefully there will be time to edit another chapter on the narrowboat novel before it's time to eat the dinner and go to belly dance class.

Coding shenanigans

Feb. 2nd, 2026 10:07 am
overmore: (Gregor head hurts)
[personal profile] overmore
I realized that now that I have a completed deck in colors, I should probably display it somewhere on a page of it's own. This also made me realize I have to make that page, since the neotcg does not come with it.

Needless to say, I just spent an hour truing to figure out how to do that, giving up on the js file approach as I had no idea how to make it work. Manually adding everything it is. If anything I need to add it only once per deck, and as tedious as the process is going to be in the future, I don't have a better solution for the time being. I spent way too much time inspecting code and trying to make something work to care enough about making it work some other way. Not even done fully, but progress is progress. At least it's functional
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